Improved snap-hook



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIJAH A. ANDREWS, 0F NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

lNlPROVED SNAP-HOOK.

Specification forming part ot' Letters Patent No. 55,219, dated June 5,1866.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIJAI-I A. ANDREWS, of New Britain, county ot'Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in SnapAHooks, and to with those now in use, owing tothe exposed length ot'latch back from the hook-point, which objection bythe use of this improvement is entirely removed, because only sufficientspace is provided between the hook-point and the body of the hook toadmit the size of a bitring, Ste., into thel hook-space. y

In the accompal'lying drawings is shown a sectional view of thisimprovement. a is the body o't the hook. b is the hook proper. c is thestrap-loop. d is a recess formed in the body betweenthe hook b and theloop o in the back side. c is a latch which is tted into said recess soas to nearly or quite lill the space g, provided to receive thebit-ring, Ste., into the hook, and is hung or secured by a pin or rivet,h, just forward ot' the strap-loop c. Said latch is provided with anager-pacht, just back of its fulcrum-pin, and is undcrlaid with a pressure-spring, n, which acts to reclose the latch at'ter it has been openedby the pressure of' the finger upon the pad t'. This latch is finishedon the outside even with the body of the hook, so as to give a goodsymmetrical appearance.

I believe I have thus shown thenature, construction, and advantage ofthis improvement so as to enable others skilled to make and use thesame.

I claim- The combination of the latch c, within and tlush with the backot the recess d relative to the opening g, with the pad t', spring fn,and

loop c, substantiallyY as and for the purpose described.

ELIJAH A.. ANDREWS. [L, s] Witnesses:

R. H. NUGENT, .JEREMY W. Buss.

